H.R. 4445 - Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 8-4 on Tuesday, February 1, 2022.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 900: 
Agreed to by record vote of 219-203, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 219-205, on February 2, 2022.

MANAGERS: Ross/Fischbach

1. Structured rule for H.R. 3485.
2. Provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or their respective designees.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-30 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
6. Provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 3 shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Section 3 provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
8. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part A of the report and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution.
9. Provides one motion to recommit.
10. Structured rule for H.R. 4445.
11. Provides one hour of general debate on the bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their designees.
12. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
13. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-29 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
14. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
15. Makes in order the further amendment printed in Part B of the report, if offered by the member designated in the report, which shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
16. Waives all points of order against the amendment printed in part B of the report.
17. Provides one motion to recommit.
18. Structured rule for H.R. 4521.
19. Provides two hours of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology or their designees.
20. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
21. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-31, modified by the amendment printed in part C of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
22. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
23. Provides that following debate, each further amendment printed in part D of the Rules Committee report not earlier considered as part of amendments en bloc pursuant to section 8 shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
24. Section 8 provides that at any time after debate the chair of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology or her designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in part D of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
25. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part D of the report and amendments en bloc described in section 8 of the resolution.
26. Provides one motion to recommit.
27. Provides that House Resolution 188, agreed to March 8, 2021 (as most recently amended by House Resolution 860, agreed to January 11, 2022), is amended by striking “February 4, 2022” each place it appears and inserting (in each instance) “April 1, 2022”.
28. Provides that proceedings may be postponed through March 3, 2022, on measures that were the object of motions to suspend the rules on the legislative day of February 1, 2022, and on which the yeas and nays were ordered.